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Caitlin Clark can break more records and receive a technical foul without suspension in the final game of the regular season
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Caitlin Clark can break more records and receive a technical foul without suspension in the final game of the regular season

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Caitlin Clark has one more match to make her mark on history and maybe even one of her opponents.

In the Indiana Fever’s final regular-season game against the Washington Mystics on Thursday, Clark can break three more records.

With four more 3-pointers, she tied the franchise single-season record set by Tamika Catchings in 2006. With five more shots, she is the record holder.

It will take just one 3-pointer or two 2-point shots for Clark to break the franchise’s single-season scoring record. With 761 points this year, she is two shy of teammate Kelsey Mitchell’s single-season record of 763 set last season.

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Caitlin Clark rides

Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) drives to the basket against Dallas Wings guard Sevgi Uzun (1) in the first half of a WNBA basketball game on September 1, 2024 in Arlington, Texas. (AP photo/Tony Gutierrez)

It would take a huge night of shooting, but Clark is even close to tying the WNBA record for 3 points in a season. At 120, Clark would need eight more to surpass Diana Taurasi and tie Sabrina Ionescu’s single-season record of 128.

Clark also has the advantage of playing a little looser than in her last few matches.

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Clark narrowly avoided a suspension for too many technical fouls in her rookie season. With six technical fouls this year, Clark was just one technical foul shy of a one-game suspension, according to WNBA rules. But with just one game left, she is now out of the running because her technical foul count resets after the game and she would not be suspended in the playoffs.

Clark came perilously close to a suspension after picking up her sixth technical foul of the year against the Las Vegas Aces. In the opening minutes of a loss, she slammed Las Vegas guard Tiffany Hayes to the hardwood while defending, but a technical foul wasn’t called until she slammed her hands on one of the basket supports.

Caitlin Clark rides Bridget Carleton

Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) drives past Minnesota Lynx forward Bridget Carleton (6) during the second half of a game in Indianapolis on Sept. 6, 2024. (AP photo/Michael Conroy)

The stress of that sixth technical foul continued to haunt an otherwise historic night. Clark later in the game broke the WNBA record for assists in a single season. Still, Clark criticized the officials for punishing the foul on her record-breaking night in a postgame press conference.

“It stinks because I feel like half of my technical fouls this year, I got one for that unintentional face contact in the Minnesota game and then two for hitting the post of the basket,” Clark said. “One was a complete accident, and the other two were just a little bit of frustration with myself. So I think I could have kept my emotions in check a little bit better, but at the same time, like, … really?”

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Clark then came perilously close to receiving a seventh technical foul in the Fever’s 110-109 loss to the Dallas Wings on Sunday. During the game, Clark walked onto the court after a turnover. She looked up at the replay and immediately began cursing at the referee. Kelsey Mitchell put her arm out to stop Clark from walking toward the referee, while Aliyah Boston pulled Clark away and screamed “No” in her face to avoid receiving the technical foul.

Her teammates’ intervention was successful and Clark played the match without a technical foul being called.

Caitlin Clark drives to the basket

Caitlin Clark drives to the basket against Chicago Sky guard Lindsay Allen during the first half at Wintrust Arena. (Kamil Krzaczynski/USA Today Sports)

After the match, Clark boasted that he had avoided suspension.

“Well, I didn’t expect to be given a technical foul tonight. I would have been really sad for the people of Washington, D.C.,” Clark said of her team’s next game. “I didn’t want that. I did my best, but my teammates did a really good job.”

Clark is not allowed to make a technical foul tonight without risking a suspension.

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